Find ways to keep doctor costs from rising

I am not writing a politically motivated letter on the subject of an imposed contract on the doctors of Ontario, but this spokesperson for them is sending out a laughable message in many newspapers. And this isn't a funny subject.

I am not writing a politically motivated letter on the subject of an imposed contract on the doctors of Ontario, but this spokesperson for them is sending out a laughable message. And this isn’t a funny subject.

Forty-two cents of every tax dollar — or $50.1 billion in total — goes to health care in our province. Skyvington actually makes the following statement, that “most doctors I know … are finding it hard just to make ends meet.”

Or that “doctors are also finding it difficult to pay their staff and keep the lights on. As one told me, tears in his eyes, ‘I’d be worth more to my family dead than alive.’”

I’m assuming that doctor has a lot of life insurance.

TD Economics proposes to “alter the way doctors are compensated so they are better able to consider the cost-effectiveness of their treatment decisions.” I would start with not making me visit the doctor every three months for the same prescription.

I don’t want to lose any doctors in Ontario, so sit down and talk about how to keep costs from rising out of control.

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